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You've all heard of the Amazon River, right? Now let's take a closer look at it.
The Amazon River is the world's second longest river. 1. ______
The Amazon River carries more water than any other river in the world. In fact, it provides almost 20 percent of the world's river flow on its own.
From Iquitos in Peru all the way across Brazil to the Atlantic, the Amazon is between six and ten thousand metres wide. 2. ______
3. ______
Orellana joined the army in Peru in 1533. In 1541 he joined a group of people to look for an old city in the east. 4. ______
根据短文内容,从方框中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
A. Only the Nile, in Africa, is longer than it.
B. Do you know who found the Amazon River?
C. They started in Quito but didn't find that city.
D. Unluckily, he died of illness shortly after he reached the Amazon.
E. It is even wider when it is in the wet season.
F. Oil has been found in the mouth of the river.
G. Tourists will be filled with excitement at the thought of going rafting on the Amazon River.
You've all heard of the Amazon River, right? Now let's take a closer look at it.
The Amazon River is the world's second longest river. 1. ______
A
The Amazon, however, has the largest amount (数量) of water running down it. No other river even comes close. It may not be the longest, but it is the widest.The Amazon River carries more water than any other river in the world. In fact, it provides almost 20 percent of the world's river flow on its own.
From Iquitos in Peru all the way across Brazil to the Atlantic, the Amazon is between six and ten thousand metres wide. 2. ______
E
3. ______
B
The first person that found the Amazon River is Francisco de Orellana. He was a Spanish man who was born in about 1490 in Trujillo. He was the first person to navigate (航行) along the whole Amazon River.Orellana joined the army in Peru in 1533. In 1541 he joined a group of people to look for an old city in the east. 4. ______
C
Then Orellana and his small group continued to travel along the river. And finally he finished the whole journey. Nine months after he returned to the country, he decided to go back to the Amazon again. 5. ______D
He will always be remembered as the first person (at least from the Western world) to navigate the Amazon River.根据短文内容,从方框中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
A. Only the Nile, in Africa, is longer than it.
B. Do you know who found the Amazon River?
C. They started in Quito but didn't find that city.
D. Unluckily, he died of illness shortly after he reached the Amazon.
E. It is even wider when it is in the wet season.
F. Oil has been found in the mouth of the river.
G. Tourists will be filled with excitement at the thought of going rafting on the Amazon River.
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